Tillie S. Pine

Tillie Schloss Pine was born in Pultusk, Poland, on 4 March 1896. She was the daughter of Louis and Rachel Schloss. After the family moved to New York City, she married Nat Pine in 1924.^[1][2] She worked as a children’s author until late in life, and died in 1999 at the age of 102. Pine is recognized for her children’s science and multi-cultural books primarily illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, which saw printed editions spanning several decades and set in multiple languages. Most of her books follow a similar theme describing traditional cultural processes and techniques and how they are in practice in contemporary sciences.^[3] Pine worked closely with fellow author Joseph Levine in producing her works. Pine, Keats, and Levine were all of Jewish background.^[4]

Select Bibliography

The Incas Knew by Tillie S. Pine and Joseph Levine. Artwork by Ann Grifalconi

• The Indians Knew (First published in 1957, Whittlesey House, New York)
• The Pilgrims Knew (Whittlesey House, New York, 1957)
• Simple machines and how we use them (first published in 1965, Whittlesey House, New York)
• Magnets and how to use them (first published in 1958, Whittlesey House, New York)
• The Eskimos Knew (first published in 1962, Whittlesey House, New York)
• The Chinese Knew (first published in 1958, Whittlesey House, New York)
• Measurements and how we use them (McGraw-Hill, 1974)
• Gravity all around (Whittlesey House, New York, 1963)
• The Egyptians Knew (McGraw-Hill, 1964)
• The Incas Knew (McGraw-Hill, 1968)
• The Africans Knew (McGraw-Hill, 1967)
• Friction all around (first published in 1960, Whittlesey House, New York)
• The Maya Knew (McGraw-Hill, 1971)
• Water all around (first published in 1959, Whittlesey House, New York)
• Energy all around (McGraw-Hill, 1975)
• Rocks and how we use them (McGraw-Hill, 1967)
• Scientists and their discoveries (first published in 1978, McGraw-Hill)
• Air all around (first published in 1960, Whittlesey House, New York)
• The Polynesians Knew (first published in 1974, McGraw-Hill)
• Sounds all around (first published in 1958, Whittlesey House, New York)

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